Tag: Costa del Crime
OPINION: Why YOU could be the secret weapon against fugitives hiding out on Spain’s Costa del Crime
IT’S awful to think one might live next door or could be sitting on the next table enjoying a beer.
But there is a very...
Terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as police shoot man armed with knife in Spain’s Malaga
THIS is the terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as armed police shot a man brandishing a knife on the Costa del Sol.
Video footage...
WATCH: The moment police swoop in on drug kingpin ‘Don Carlos’ in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THIS is the shocking moment the accused drug kingpin dubbed 'Don Carlos' was arrested by Spanish police in a dramatic sting at a Marbella...
Secret ‘cartel cafe’ couple arrested in Spain’s Marbella in joint operation
A MARBELLA couple were handcuffed and searched as police raided a suspected Amsterdam-style cannabis cafe on the Costa del Sol.
The pair were among the 20...
Have you seen him? Police hunt Brit fugitive thought to be on the run in Spain’s Marbella in new...
POLICE have made a public appeal for another one of the UK’s most wanted fugitives after it emerged he might be hiding out on...
From Africa to Spain in 30 minutes: how a crime group smuggled migrants, fugitives and drugs on speedboats
AN organised crime group who used speedboats to smuggle migrants and drugs across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain has been dismantled by Spanish police.
Officers...
Costa del Crime: Man arrested after woman found with serious head injuries following horror wrench attack
DETECTIVES have launched an investigation after a woman was violently attacked with a wrench on Wednesday.
Officers have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted...
Man, 42, arrested after spate of hotel and restaurant robberies in Spain’s Estepona
A MAN, 42, was arrested after a spate of robberies at hotels and restaurants on the Costa del Sol.
The suspect is being held in...
Police in Spain act in Breaking Bad parody in latest Christmas video
BREAKING BAD may have been off of our television screens for years now but the legacy of Walter White and the pseudonym 'Heisenberg' continues...
Four jailed after man survives kidnap, torture and blackmail horror on Costa del Sol
A CRIMINAL gang who covered their victim in ice packs and placed him in front of an electric fan before torturing him for five...
Police arrest gang behind kidnap and torture of Belgian man in revenge for drug theft on Spain’s Costa del...
SPANISH police have arrested a gang of 12 people involved in a plot to kidnap and torture a Belgian man in revenge for a...
Spain’s most notorious con artist Little Nicolas, 27, hospitalised after fight in Marbella
A BABY-FACED con artist who became Spain's most notorious gatecrasher has been hospitalised following an alleged brawl at a concert in Marbella.
Former law student...
Seven British fugitives nabbed in Spain within fortnight proving Costa del Sol is still favoured hangout for criminals on...
SEVEN British fugitives have been tracked down and arrested in Spain within a fortnight, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed.
The fugitives, all...
Nowhere to hide: Is the Costa del Sol still the safest place for fugitives?
Suspects on the run are being forced look for alternative hiding places as police clamp down on criminals in the Costa del Sol
WATCH: Two Britons and an Irishman arrested for punishment shooting of Brit in Spain’s Marbella
POLICE have swooped on a luxury Marbella villa to arrest three men accused of shooting a Brit four times in the legs in a...
SPECIAL REPORT: After coining the phrase ‘Costa del Crime’ in the 80s, it’s not surprising we’re STILL living in...
He was sleeping with an axe and a machete under his pillow to fend off murderous rivals
REVEALED: Notorious Costa del Sol trickster David Klein’s €1 million euro tax avoidance scam in Spain
He hadn’t been declaring the income to the Spanish tax authorities
Neighbours of British man shot dead outside luxury house on Spain’s Costa del Sol say they remain in the...
The British man was shot in broad daylight at around 3:15pm yesterday afternoon
Gavin and Stacey’s Larry Lamb joins Craig Fairbrass and Kris Marshall at Marbella International Film Festival on Spain’s Costa...
The event should be the ‘biggest yet’ according to director Mac Chakaveh
WATCH: Police SMASH one of Europe’s largest cocaine labs run from luxury Costa del Sol villa
POLICE in Spain have smashed one of the largest cocaine labs in Europe, which was run from a luxury villa on the Costa del...
Man STABBED to death and thrown under moving car in Spain’s Malaga this morning
POLICE are investigating the death of a man in Malaga after he was stabbed several times.
The victim, believed to be between 35 and 40...
XMAS BUST: Police in two sleepy Andalucia towns arrest 4 as 1000 cannabis plants and six cars seized this...
POLICE in two Andalucia towns have made huge drug busts over Christmas, arresting four people this week.
In Manilva and Alhaurín El Grande, Guardia Civil officers...
Costa del Sol man held over attempted murder of teen who he rammed with car after Christmas club row
A TEENAGER on Spain's Costa del Sol has been left in a critical condition after he was deliberately hit by a car on Christmas...
Police free pregnant teen sold by parents for €8,000 to Romanian family in Spain’s Andalucia
POLICE have freed a pregnant teen who was sold by her parents to a Romanian family in Andalucia.
The 16-year-old’s mum and dad flogged her...
Kinahan mafia member who plunged to death from Marbella hotel balcony ‘took his own life’, police say
POLICE believe the Irish mafia member who plunged to his death in Marbella took his own life.
Michael Cumberton, 30, a prominent member of the...
Brit suspected of gunning down victim in double murder released on bail after Spain arrest
Shaw was gunned down in Tile Hill on 25 March, while Robbins has never been found and is presumed dead
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British climber dies after plummeting from notorious ‘Devil’s Pass’ in northern Spain
A 25-year-old British man was killed on Thursday after plummeting from the notorious 'Devil's Pass' mountain in Spain’s Basque Country.
The Brit, who has not...
